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US Ecommerce Growth Jumps to More than 30%, Accelerating Online Shopping Shift by Nearly 2 Years
Top 10 etailers will grow market share by 5% this year, with Best Buy and Target both expected to surge more than 100%. The pandemic has accelerated ecommerce growth in the US this year, with online sales reaching a level not previously expected until 2022. In our Q3 US retail forecast, the top 10 retailers […]
Asia marketers’ plans for 2021 and Forrester’s view on ‘outdated CMOs’
While we might be eager to put 2020 behind us and start 2021 afresh, the industry should expect another year of reduced media expenditures, scanty teams, lean tech and agency partner networks… …as well as the continued vacancy of business in the travel and hospitality sectors, Forrester’s recent CMO predictions said. Marketers who are content […]
P&G pumps in SG$50m to advance digital capabilities in SG
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has unveiled plans to invest up to SG$50 million in total business expenditure in Singapore linked to new digital capabilities, as well as train over 50 employees to take on new digital roles over the next three years. This is part of its newly-launched iFuture digital capability programme which is in […]
Google Chat based on RCS arrives in Italy and Singapore
Arrived in Italy and Singapore in May 2020. Last year, Google made the final push to enable RCS on Android-powered devices across the world. After enabling RCS in the US, UK, Mexico, and France using Google’s own servers via the Android Messages SMS app, the RCS-based Chat service is now going live for Android users […]
A Formidable Player Enters the International Online Education Market
The creators of Lectera have placed great importance on teaching key skills that will allow users to increase their income. A new strong player is soon to make its appearance in the international online education market—the large multilingual platform, Lectera.com. The launch of the platform is scheduled for the end of the second quarter of […]
Pokémon Go temporarily won’t make you leave the house due to coronavirus
Monster collecting will be slightly easier now. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, entire businesses and industries are shifting to accommodate increased social distancing. In the case of Pokémon Go, a game that typically requires you to go out into the real world and congregate around points of interest, Niantic will temporarily change […]
ONE Championship Moves To Closed-Door, Audience-Free Events
Will immediately move to closed door, audience free events until at least 29 May 2020. The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), today announces that it will immediately move to closed-door, audience-free events. All scheduled events with live audiences for ONE Championship will be suspended until at least May 29, […]
China GDP grows 6.1% in 2019, slowest rate in 29 years
Sliding birthrate, tariffs and weak manufacturing investment remain a drag. China’s gross domestic product grew at the slowest pace in 29 years in 2019, as weaker exports, investment and consumer spending weighed on the economy. The 6.1% expansion marked a slowdown from the 6.6% growth seen the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics said […]
Programmatic for taxis just got interesting!
A new digital unit #UberOOH brings location-targeted ads to car-top screens: Uber is bringing digital screens to its drivers in three pilot cities: Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix Initial trial will run through April, then the program will likely expand to more cities Drivers won’t receive a cut of ad revenue, but will receive $300 to […]
Why more young Americans are cyber-bullying themselves
As adolescents’ social lives have migrated online, so too has a digital manifestation of self-harm. On a friday night in 2016, Natalie Natividad, a 15-year-old in Hebbronville, Texas, took a fatal overdose of pills after enduring months of cyber-bullying. Most of the alleged taunts—that she was ugly, that she should kill herself—came on After School, […]